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Beach volleyball
27/04/2017

Lucerne World Tour event postponed and Fiji cancelled

Lausanne, Switzerland, April 27, 2017 - The International Volleyball Federation confirms the postponement of the Lucerne FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event to September as a result of financial difficulties faced by the promoters.

Originally, scheduled to take place from May 23 to 28, the event in Lucerne will now take place after this year's Swatch Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals and be part of the 2017/18 edition of the World Tour in September (to be confirmed).

The FIVB also confirms that the Fiji World Tour event initially scheduled to take place in January earlier this year and postponed to June following heavy rain and flooding in the country has been cancelled by the event promoters due to lack of funds.

The 2017 calendar runs from February to August with the signature event to be staged July 28 through August 6 in Austria when Vienna hosts the $1-million FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships for men and women on Danube Island.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this year will visit 21 cities in 17 countries over a seven-month period, with the season starting in Fort Lauderdale, USA in February and ending in August in Hamburg, Germany with the Swatch FIVB World Tour Finals.